Published: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 12:51 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 12:51 p.m.

Waldemar A. Torres, 24, was charged with 16 counts of child pornography possession and three counts of transmitting the pornography via email.

Torres will remain in the Marion County Jail pending a sentencing hearing, which will be held at a later date.

He faces up to 125 years in prison: five years for each count child porn possession, a third-degree felony, and 15 years for each count of transmitting the porn via email, a second-degree felony.

Marion County Sheriff's detectives traced an e-mail address that led them to Torres, who had been living with his mother and sister at the time of his arrest.

When detectives came to Torres' house with a search warrant, they searched his computer and found that he had forwarded an email with explicit pictures of young girls to a few people, a sheriff's report said.

Torres told detectives he had received the email from someone he met on an online chat website.

After he admitted to sending the email with the images, Torres was arrested.

<p>An Ocala man pleaded guilty to numerous counts of child pornography possession on Friday.</p><p>Waldemar A. Torres, 24, was charged with 16 counts of child pornography possession and three counts of transmitting the pornography via email.</p><p>Torres will remain in the Marion County Jail pending a sentencing hearing, which will be held at a later date.</p><p>He faces up to 125 years in prison: five years for each count child porn possession, a third-degree felony, and 15 years for each count of transmitting the porn via email, a second-degree felony.</p><p>Marion County Sheriff's detectives traced an e-mail address that led them to Torres, who had been living with his mother and sister at the time of his arrest.</p><p>When detectives came to Torres' house with a search warrant, they searched his computer and found that he had forwarded an email with explicit pictures of young girls to a few people, a sheriff's report said.</p><p>Torres told detectives he had received the email from someone he met on an online chat website.</p><p>After he admitted to sending the email with the images, Torres was arrested.</p>